Reedley Municipal Code Ch. 1 General Offenses

A. Fraudulently Avoiding Payment Of Admission Fees: It shall be unlawful for any person fraudulently to enter, without payment of the proper admission fee, any theater, ballroom, lecture, concert or other place where admission fees are charged; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict the free admission of police officers engaged in the performance of police duties to any place of public entertainment or amusement.

B. False Representation: It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself to be an officer of the city or who shall attempt to impersonate any such officer or who shall without authority perform any official act therein on behalf of an officer. (1964 Code)

A. Card And Gaming Tables: There will be no card tables or gaming tables furnished for a fee or rental or free of charge to the public for the purpose of playing games or cards thereon within the city. Furthermore, there will be no rooms of a business designated as private or not open to the public where card tables or gaming tables are furnished for a fee or rental or free of charge for the purpose of playing games or cards thereon within the city. (Ord. 683, 4-16-1985)

B. Gambling: It shall be unlawful for any person either as an owner, employee or lessee, whether or not for hire, to operate any game played with dice or any other gambling device, for money, checks, credit or other representative of value. (1964 Code)

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person in control of any room, place or hall situated within the city, to conduct, engage in or permit dancing in such place, room or hall without a permit so to do from the chief of police.

A. The chief of police shall establish rules and regulations concerning the granting of a dance license.

B. Said applicant shall comply with all fire and police regulations of said city. (Ord. 402, 7-5-1967)

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain any electric fence as a guard to any parking lot or parcel of land. (1964 Code)

A. Escapes:

1. General Prohibition: It shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any offense or in lawful custody to escape or attempt to escape from custody.

2. Aid In Escape: It shall be unlawful for any person to aid or assist any person to escape from lawful confinement or to assist any person to escape from the custody of any peace officer.

B. Furnishing Weapons: It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish or attempt to furnish or take into jail or to deliver or attempt to deliver to any prisoner therein confined, or in the custody of any officer, any weapon, tool, intoxicating liquor, drug or other article without the consent of the officer in charge. (1964 Code)

A. General Prohibition: It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any act or fail to perform any requirement which is prohibited or required by state law, insofar as such laws are applicable to municipal governments.

B. Aid To An Offense: It shall be unlawful for any person, in any way or manner, to aid, abet, counsel, advise or encourage any other person in the commission of any of the acts mentioned herein or in any manner encourage the commission of such offense hereby defined. (1964 Code)

It shall be unlawful for any person to practice hypnotism or for any person to be a subject for such hypnotist, provided that this shall not apply to hypnotism as used in the treatment of patients by an accredited doctor of medicine or doctor of dentistry, nor shall it prohibit the teaching of hypnotism in any state accredited educational institution which maintains an academic standard of the college level. (1964 Code)

A. Injurious Material On Thoroughfares: It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place or allow to remain in or upon any public thoroughfare any material or substance injurious to persons or property.

B. Lug Wheels Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for tractors with wheels injurious to pavement to be permitted upon the public thoroughfares unless the operator of such vehicle shall first plank such streets.

C. Water Flowing Upon Streets: It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any water to flow into or upon any public thoroughfare in such a manner as to create a nuisance or hazard. (1964 Code)

It shall be unlawful for any person to store or keep any old articles or materials which may be classified as junk adjacent to or in close proximity to any school house, church, public park, public ground, business building or residence without first providing proper and tight buildings for the storage of the same. (1964 Code)

It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or stool in any place open to the public view, or to be guilty of any lewd, lascivious or obscene conduct, or to sing any lewd or obscene song, ballad or other words in any public place or any other place where other persons are present, or indecently to exhibit any animal. (1964 Code)

It shall be unlawful for any person to play ball or throw any ball to and fro upon any public thoroughfare in the city. (1964 Code)

It shall be unlawful for any citizen over the age of eighteen (18) years to refuse or neglect to render assistance to any police officer when called upon for such assistance or aid in the suppression of riot or other unlawful assemblage or in the arrest of any person who has committed an offense. (1964 Code)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place or keep on any windowsill, porch or other projection above the first story of any building abutting on any sidewalk any article which might do injury by falling upon any person on the sidewalk in front of such building, unless such article be securely fastened or protected by screens. (1964 Code)

No person shall loiter between the hours of ten thirty o'clock (10:30) P.M. and five o'clock (5:00) A.M., about the premises where any public entertainment is held when such person is not actively participating in the entertainment or is not an invited spectator thereof. (Ord. 398, 2-21-1967)

Any person who shall engage in or carry on the business, trade, profession or calling of a soothsayer, astrologer, palmist, seer, mind reader, fortuneteller, phrenologist, clairvoyant or any other trade or profession pertaining to the telling of fortunes, for compensation or hire, or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 403, 7-5-1967)

A. Prohibition: It shall be unlawful for any person to raise or display any flag, banner, standard, device, emblem or other article except the flag of the United States of America or the official bear flag of the state of California upon or from any flagpole or staff designed and intended for the display of the flag of the United States of America or the official bear flag of the state of California and located upon any public grounds or within any public buildings belonging to or in the possession of the United States of America, the state of California, the county of Fresno, city of Reedley or any public district or agency.

B. Exception: The provisions of this section shall not apply to those ceremonial occasions when the flag or other colors of a friendly foreign power, the United Nations, any other state of the United States, or the official flag or colors of any military organization of the United States or the state of California, are displayed with the authorization of the public agency owning or in possession of the flagpole or staff involved and in strict accordance with the laws or regulations of this state, the United States of America or any department or agency thereof relating thereto. (Ord. 464, 4-6-1971)

Except as provided in section 7-5-12 of this code, no person shall drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage on any street, sidewalk, alley, highway or playground. No organization shall sponsor or hold an event, gathering or public function which permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages in violation of this section. A community organization may apply to the city council for permission to sponsor or hold an event, gathering or function involving the consumption of alcoholic beverages otherwise prohibited by this section. The city council and chief of police may impose conditions to protect the public health and safety. Any organization requesting an approval under this section must present written evidence that the organization has obtained from the internal revenue service an exemption determination under internal revenue code section 501(c). This section shall not be deemed to make punishable any act or acts which are prohibited by any law of the state. (Ord. 95-003, 2-28-1995)

It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, allow or cause to be made or emanate any excessively, unnecessarily, unnaturally or unusually loud noise or sound from any radio, phonograph, disc player, tape deck, stereo, television or other mechanical, electrical or electronic sound amplification device or instrument which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, quiet, health, peace or safety of other persons within the city; such act or acts hereby being declared a public nuisance. In interpreting and applying this section, the following shall apply:

A. Emanating noise or sound shall be defined for these purposes as "excessively", "unnecessarily", "unnaturally" or "unusually loud" when it is plainly audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity at a distance of twenty five feet (25') from the source of such noise or sound. Proof of same shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

B. Prima facie evidence that such noise or sound annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, quiet, health, peace or safety of other persons is shown by proof of subsections A and E of this section, or a complaint by a person or persons regarding such noise or sound.

C. A person of normal hearing sensitivity for these purposes is a person who has a hearing threshold level of between zero (0) decibels and twenty five (25) decibels HL averaged over the frequencies five hundred (500), one thousand (1,000) and two thousand (2,000) hertz.

D. The distance from the source of such noise or sound shall be measured from the actual source itself, except where the source is located on private property in which case the distance shall be measured from the property line.

E. Alternative prima facie evidence that such noise or sound is excessively, unnecessarily, unnaturally or unusually loud is shown by a sound level exceeding the ambient sound level by more than five (5) decibels measured at the property line or, in the case of common wall construction of condominiums, apartments or business facilities, measured within the adjoining occupied unit.

F. Nothing in this section prohibits or declares unlawful or a nuisance:

1. The operation of warning or amplification devices by emergency, fire or law enforcement vehicles or personnel;

2. Lawful use of vehicle horns or backup warning devices;

3. Private or public warning or alarm equipment or systems;

4. The conduct of previously authorized and otherwise lawful public activity such as parades, speeches, lectures, ceremonies, entertainment, sports, music or recreation events; or

5. The usual and customary operation of bells, gongs, buzzers or similar mechanical, electrical or electronic sound amplification devices to mark time or call to attendance for an otherwise lawful use or purpose. (Ord. 723, 6-20-1989)

The following uses of water are defined as a "waste of water" and shall be unlawful except as otherwise authorized:

A. The use of water which allows substantial amounts of water to run off to a gutter or ditch. Every water user is deemed to have his water distribution lines and facilities under his control at all times and to know the manner and extent of his water use and excess runoff.

B. The excessive use, loss or escape of water through breaks, leaks or malfunctions in the water user's plumbing or distribution facilities for any period of time after such escape of water should reasonably have been discovered and corrected. It shall be presumed that a period of forty eight (48) hours after discovery is a reasonable time within which to correct such leak or break.

C. The washing of building exteriors, sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios or other paved areas without the use of a positive shutoff nozzle on the hose, except where necessary to dispose of liquids or substances that may endanger the public health and safety.

D. The washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes and other types of mobile equipment without the use of a positive shutoff nozzle on the hose, except when conducting on the immediate premises of a commercial car wash. (Ord. 749, 5-14-1991)

A. Purpose: The city council finds that the use of methamphetamine is a national health crisis that affects the health and welfare of the citizens of the city, and that the local production of methamphetamine, a key component of which is pseudoephedrine, is of staggering proportions. This section places limits on the display of medications containing pseudoephedrine in an attempt to limit a methamphetamine manufacturer's ability to obtain pseudoephedrine for the illegal production of methamphetamine.

B. Limitation Of Sales And Display: It shall be unlawful for any person doing business within the city to store, stock, keep or display for sale or transfer any product containing pseudoephedrine in an area other than a place that is locked and secure or is otherwise made unavailable to the public and which is accessible only to employees of such businesses. (Ord. 2006-01, 2-14-2006)